THE LIGHT SIDE; The Hillary-Tyra Show

By SARAH WHEATON

Published: January 16, 2008

She already made an appearance this week on ''Meet the Press.'' And she can't very well do ''Oprah.''

But Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has found another daytime television outlet where she can express her grrrl side. After campaigning in New York on Monday, she taped an interview with Tyra Banks for her syndicated talk show.

According to the excerpts sent out by the Clinton campaign, the women talked about Mrs. Clinton's choking up in New Hampshire.

''This woman said, 'Well, how do you get up in the morning?' It just struck me, how do any of us get up in the morning?'' Mrs. Clinton recounted. ''How do we keep it together, how do we do what we have to do, and there was such a moment where it wasn't sort of me on one side of the table running for office and everybody else out there.''

On what to call former President Bill Clinton if she is elected, Mrs. Clinton ruled out ''first mate'' and ''first laddie,'' and proposed a reality show to come up with a substitute.

In a variation on the theme, Ms. Banks also asked Mrs. Clinton to weigh in on which existing reality show she would like to compete on (as if the contest for the White House is not enough of a media spectacle), asking her to choose among ''America's Next Top Model,'' ''Dancing with the Stars'' and ''American Idol.''

''In my dreams I would be on America's Next Top Model,'' Mrs. Clinton replied. ''But in reality I would have to choose my limited talents, and, of them, dancing is better than singing.''

''You do not want me to sing,'' she added -- something made apparent in a widely circulated YouTube video that captured her off-key rendition of ''The Star-Spangled Banner.''